THE Appeal Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, ordered the four suspended Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Assembly members to obey the order of the state High Court in Benin, which restrained them from entering the premises of the Assembly complex on Ring Road, Benin City.

An engagement with Governor Rauf Aregbesola is as enlivening as the eccentricity of the man on the saddle in the piece of Nigerian territory he has redefined as the State of Osun. His path to the Government House was laced with much intrigues just as his actions as governor have been laced with equally unusual display and delivery among the people of the state. At one point in the engagement with a group of journalists in the wee hours of the night early on Sunday, the governor in his very simple attire got up and asked, do I really look like a governor? His unusual policies, including the landmark tablet, Opo Imo, the feeding programme, the welfare scheme and many others mark him out as an unusual governor in Nigeria. His bold steps have equally been matched with controversy such as the education reforms that have drawn much flaks from critics.

THE people of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have given the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, one week to open negotiations with the community for a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on the company’s operations in the area or face eviction.

THE Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, has destroyed 110 illegal refineries in Rivers State in the last seven months.

A retired Federal High Court judge, Justice Gladys Olotu, has denied the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that it had traced about N2 billion to her foreign account.

Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday said he would summon the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over its conduct in the ongoing investigation into an allegation that a retired judge of the court, Justice Gladys Olotu, stashed away over N2 billion in a foreign bank account.

The duo of Mountain Black and Mad Melon of Danfo Drivers (real names Jimoh Olotu and Omeofa Oghene respectively), better known by hit single ‘I am a Danfo Driver, Suo’ are back after a long absence from the music scene. The youngsters who sing Ajegunle’s Galala brand of music have been chequered by many challenges […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced moves to collaborate with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to checkmate the registration of smuggled vehicles.

Remember Kel, that sensational female rapper who took the Nigerian music scene by storm when she released her debut album, The Investment in 2009, and then disappeared into thin air? Well, the talented rapper has resurfaced. She’s concluding plans to release her comeback album before the end of this year.

Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has announced plans to set up three automotive and parts training centres, with the aim of training two million youths in the country.

AKURE — A 29-year-old man, Zeblon Henry, charged with fraud was yesterday, arraigned before a chief magistrate’s court in Akure, Ondo State.

WILL the World Cup final become a “Holy War”?
At the very least, Sunday’s match could put millions of Catholics – not to mention Vatican employees – in a bit of a bind.

The seven-member panel probing Governor Murtala Nyako’s alleged maladministration is expected to return to work today and may raise issues concerning his refusal to honour its invitation.

Last week, I said on this page that Boko Haram’s murderous sprees and heartless kidnappings have made Northern Muslims look bad and have strengthened President Jonathan’s chances of being re-elected next year.

The new Minister of Niger Delta Ministry, Dr. Steve Oru, has promised to address problems created by lack of even development in the oil rich region.

This came on a day the new Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, assured Nigerians that he would be part of the history that would see to the development of the education sector in the country.